Custodes
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[pi. of CUSTOS.] In old English law. Keepers, guardians. Custodes jpads; conservators of the peace.
1 Bl. Com. 349, 350.
Custodes placitortim coronoB; keepers of the pleas of the crown. Supposed to be the same with coroners. Crab Vs Hist. Eng. Law, 150, Custodes libertatis AnglicB authoritate parliamenti; keepers of the liberty of England, by the authority of parliament. The style in which writs and other judicial proceedings were made out in England during the grand rebellion, from the execution of King Charles I. till Oliver Cromwell was declared d pro- protector. Term£s de la leg. Wharton's Cs Lex. Whishaw,